Install bglad

Install bglad at the product monorepo root. Requires Node.js 20.12+, npx, and uv (Python 3.11+). Pin is BMad 6.12.0.

BMad copies skills. It does not run a custom-module post-install hook. bglad-method is the installer, same shape as npx bmad-method install.

Fresh product repo

From a clone of bglad:

npx --yes /path/to/bglad install

You can pass a git URL of that clone instead of a path. Useful flags: --yes, --tools, --list-tools, --spec-store, --list-spec-stores, --jira-project, --jira-account, --gitlab-username, --github-username, --overlays-only.

That command runs npx bmad-method@6.12.0 install with --custom-source bglad and the AI setups you picked, then adds bglad’s extras: Remy (delivery agent), Solo and Team menus, how-we-work, help rows, an org overlay for tickets and git hosting, gitignored identity. It does not rewrite BMad’s own help rows or replace Build / test-generation / PRD workflow files.

The installer refuses to install into this workshop repo.

After install

1. Open the help menu. You should see SO and TE.
2. Pick Solo or Team.
3. Fill _bmad/custom/bglad-ticket-mr.toml if hosts are still empty: Jira (if you use it) and GitLab or GitHub (git_forge). The installer infers github.com / gitlab.com from origin when it can. Anything else it asks — it does not assume a host.

AI setups (where skills land)

BMad already copies skills per --tools. bglad asks first (you can pick more than one), then passes that list through. .agents is a folder, not a product — Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Codex all use .agents/skills.

You type	BMad id	Skills land in
claude	claude-code	.claude/skills
cursor	cursor	.agents/skills
copilot	github-copilot	.agents/skills
codex	codex	.agents/skills

--yes without --tools uses Claude (claude-code).

npx --yes /path/to/bglad install --tools claude,cursor

npx bglad-method install --list-tools prints the same table.

Spec location

Solo and Team keep one spec. The installer asks where it lives. --yes without --spec-store uses Jira.

You type	Where the spec lives	Connector
jira	Jira Task description (Problem, Acceptance, Design, Test notes)	Jira MCP or jira CLI. Solo/Team HALT if missing
confluence	Confluence page with the same headings. Pass --confluence-host and --confluence-space	Confluence MCP or Confluence CLI/REST. Solo/Team HALT if missing
markdown	Local files under _bmad-output (BMad’s document folder, not stock bmad-prd)	None

npx --yes /path/to/bglad install --spec-store confluence --confluence-space ENG

npx bglad-method install --list-spec-stores prints the list. The choice is written into _bmad/custom/bglad-ticket-mr.toml (spec_store) and the Spec location section of bglad-how-we-work.md. Filing a Jira ticket for tracking (bglad-ticket-mr) is separate from where the spec lives.

Existing BMad install

npx --yes /path/to/bglad install --overlays-only

Verify

bmad-help lists the overlay menus. Full names are on Words and menu codes:

• SO Solo, TE Team start
• Team steps: DS Design, DEV implement, RV review, QA tests
• MR tickets and a GitLab merge request or GitHub pull request, NOTE knowledge note

Also check _bmad/custom/bglad-how-we-work.md exists, and stock BMad PRD/Build are still there unpatched. A squad overlaying defaults: Override defaults.